Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

तदा प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं ख्यातं शूलेश्वरीति च । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ khyātaṃ śūleśvarīti ca | tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

นับแต่นั้นมา ท่าน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นเลื่องชื่อว่า “ศูเลศวรี” ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ตีรถะนั้นแล้วถวายตัรปณะบูชาต่อเทพบรรพชน—

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्रभृति: from that time onward
• प्रभृति: Avadhi (Starting point/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधि-अव्यय (since/from)

• तत्-तीर्थम्: that tīrtha
• तत्-तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् तीर्थम् = that sacred ford)

• ख्यातम्: became known / renowned
• ख्यातम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative/कर्तृसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शूलेश्वरी: Śūleśvarī
• शूलेश्वरी: Saṃjñā (Name/appellation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शूलस्य ईश्वरी)

• इति: as (called)
• इति: Iti-dyotaka (Quotative marker/इतिद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha-dyotaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारण-अव्यय (particle)

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy / offer libations to
• तर्पयेत्: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पितृ-देवताः: the ancestral deities
• पितृ-देवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणां देवताः)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūleśvarī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A river-ford becomes renowned as Śūleśvarī; pilgrims bathe and then offer tarpaṇa—water streaming from cupped hands—under the unseen guardianship of Śiva-Śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Śūleśvarī-tīrtha
• pitṛ-devatā (ancestors)
• snāna
• tarpana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is a bridge between worlds: bathing there and honoring ancestors aligns personal purity with intergenerational dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūleśvarī-tīrtha, newly named and celebrated in this chapter of the Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (sacred bath) at Śūleśvarī-tīrtha and then do pitṛ-tarpana (water-offerings to ancestors).